NGT vs. AEM, WPM, ABX, FNV, K, AGI, TNX, LUG, PAAS, and YRI
Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Alamos Gold (AGI), TRX Gold (TNX), Lundin Gold (LUG), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and Yamana Gold (YRI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Newmont vs.
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Newmont (TSE:NGT) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 463 more outperform votes than Newmont when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.69% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.14%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 5.05% beat Newmont's return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newmont pays out -89.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 12 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 21 mentions for Newmont. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Newmont's score of 0.32 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of C$139.67, indicating a potential downside of 11.05%. Newmont has a consensus price target of C$62.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.67%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Newmont.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NGT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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